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Rome, the biography of a city / Christopher Hibbert.

Summary:

Traces the history of Rome from legendary times to the modern city of today including notes on principal buildings and works of art.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0393019845
  • ISBN: 9780393019841
  • Physical Description: ix, 387 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
  • Edition: First American edition.
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, 1985.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-[374]) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Myths, monarchs and republicans -- Imperial Rome -- Bread and circuses -- Catacombs and Christians -- Infamy and anarchy -- Saints, tyrants and anti-popes -- 'The refuge of all the nations' -- Renaissance and decadence -- Patrons and parasites -- The sack of Rome -- Recovery and reform -- Bernini and the Baroque -- Il settecento -- Napoleonic interlude -- The Risorgimento and the Roman question -- Royal Rome -- Roma fascista.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) > History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library DG 808 .H53 1985 279238 Stacks Reshelving -